[For Hegel<nowiki>]</nowiki> it is the ethical task of the … - Merold Westphal

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[For Hegel<nowiki>]</nowiki> it is the ethical task of the individual to transcend particularity and conform to the universal, to exhibit as a matter of character and behavior the values expressed in the laws and customs of his or her people. The problem is that the universal… is itself without moral obligations as soon as it has been absolutized. As divine, its will is law and its deeds are good.

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Merold Westphal (born 1940) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus at Fordham University.

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